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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1947
Page
4
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1803 publishes every morning except Monday and is a member of the Associated Press. The notice lists subscription rates by carrier and mail with West Virginia pricing and mentions advertising representation by The Kats Agency.
A biblical verse proclaims Jesus Christ abolishing death and bringing life through the gospel. A quote from John Fiske contrasts immortality of the soul with scientific proofs, framed as a supreme act of faith in divine reason.
The piece notes that pressure from voting groups did not sway senators regarding President Truman's veto of the fair labor relations act. It credits Governor Meadows and legislative leaders for advancing a retroactive city gross sales tax to protect city revenues, praising lawmakers like Delegates Lubliner and Hansbarger for opposing limits on city rates.
The West Virginia legislature acted swiftly in an extraordinary session to restore municipal gross sales tax authority retroactive to July 1 1946 following a Supreme Court ruling. The Daily Telegraph endorses avoiding state imposed limits and notes Bluefield and other cities generally levy lower rates than the state with broad municipal fiscal relief at stake.
The essay argues money gifts to foreign governments deplete U S natural resources by enabling reliance on borrowed resources rather than domestic stock. Hoover and Baruch advocate conserving ores minerals and oil to preserve national strength and future prosperity. It warns against appeasing Soviet Russia and delaying international issues while military power rests in American hands, noting Henry Wallace as a notable skeptic.
The editorial denounces Dr. Daniel A. Poling for wordplay on universal peacetime training describing conscription as the same whether labeled military or not. It argues that true conscription exists regardless of terminology and calls for clear case merits without semantic razzle-dazzle.
President Truman withdrew the nomination of Ray Wakefield to the federal communications commission after Wakefield opposed Rayburn’s nephew’s Houston station bid and due to tensions with Taft Bricker and Ohio politics. The episode followed a Princeton address urging career government service and involved labor leaders and Congress members in a broader political clash over the Taft Hartley bill.
The West Virginia cities ranking shows Bluefield with the poorest traffic safety record among peers such as Wheeling Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Clarksburg Martinsburg Beckley South Charleston Moundsville Morgantown and Fairmont in the first half of the year. The Welch Daily News also criticizes towns allowing carnivals and notes a humorous local exchange about a millionaire wife.
Local notes recount speed records to Beckley and a voter upbeat on 1948 politics. Bluefield figures Pat Withrow and son Pat Jr earn national notice on Lowell Thomas program. County officials discuss sheriff candidates and party shifts while residents gossip about apartments and local personalities.
Hal Boyle notes women fret over longer fall dresses as style dictates change. In San Francisco June 24 the columnist sees households in fashion turmoil with wives and daughters reacting to the new look, while men shrug at the weather of trends.
A humorous guide quips about skirt lengths and dress shaping for women arguing hems and fit matter by knee height. The piece compares men’s pants and women’s dresses and suggests skirts have varied longer styles in recent years.
Sheilah Graham reports Leo Durocher lives in Santa Monica with golf daily at Hillcrest. Gregory Peck opens at La Jolla Playhouse July 15 earning Equity minimum 60 a week. Victor Mature eyed for Behind the Iron Curtain at 20th Century Fox. Norma Shearer and Barbara Stanwyck turn down Christopher Blake at Warner Bros. Humphrey Bogart disputes Lauren Bacall’s pay suspension at Warner Bros.
Richard Greene plans to return to England to resume acting in films. Dick and Pat Greene regret Hollywood luck. Debora Kerr received five thousand dollars and twenty cases of soap powder on Lux Theater of the Air and sends them to England. Ruth Warrick exits Sean OCaseys Shadow of a Woman to stay with Daisy Kenyon. John Huston plans his own independent company.
A reader proposes Bluefield study Milwaukee's municipal utilities to resolve tax problems. The writer urges Bluefield to operate its own utilities and consider municipal bonds, citing Milwaukee as a model and referencing the city’s progressive steps like a municipal parking building.
Carl Dawson argues that city ownership of public utilities is feasible and timely. He contends continued operation under city control would benefit locals and policy would favor residents. He urges thoughtful action as industrial migration looms and tax incentives attract growth.
Westbrook Pegler debates Henry Wallace and Roosevelt era figures, alleging ties to Oriental philosophy and mysticism. He attacks Wallace for deceptions and urges denial, linking him to a broader New Deal circle and questions of faith and morality.
A jumble of recall items: Edwin Mann of First National Bank visited his old home in Alderson West Virginia. Mrs R C McClaugherty and son Clarence visited Mrs N H McClaugherty on Bland Street. Also mentioned are Gosham go to Knoxville for a Woman's Home Missionary Society meeting, Grah flood, and marriages and transfers involving various officials and bankers across towns such as Taewell Pocahontas Portsmouth White Sulphur Springs and Balsta Virginia.
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